Keeping student data safe while at the mercy of third parties

Partnering with outside vendors can present a security challenge for schools as they work to protect sensitive data.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 6, 2016

California to require gender-neutral bathrooms, opens access to ethnic studies

The California legislature has been hard at work on a range of education issues this year with several new policies in place while others are, notably, absent.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 6, 2016

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Learning Loss

Our latest K-12 Dive Trendline takes a closer look at how educators are addressing learning loss, as well as achievement trends and developments. 

By K-12 Dive staff

Rising internet use poses challenge for K-12 network infrastructure

Whether students are bringing their own devices to school or teachers are providing them, IT leaders are being forced to keep pace.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 6, 2016

Career, tech ed classes offer benefits for all students

Among other advantages, they teach soft skills students will need for their adult lives.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 6, 2016

Teachers see benefits of making classroom seating more comfortable

Teachers in the Wichita, KS, area have added ottomans, bouncing ball seats, standing desks and cushions to their classrooms, ditching traditional desks.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 6, 2016

Inspector general: CMO-run charters pose 'significant risk' to DOE objectives

The office reached the finding after auditing 33 charter schools in six states.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 6, 2016

NEA spending big to tie Trump to bullying, classroom fear

The union, which is backing Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential bid, has committed to a six-figure campaign attacking Trump for his influence on bullying.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 5, 2016

PLTW president says computer science is being left out of STEM push

While schools have focused on getting more students interested in STEM fields for years, Vince Bertram says kids need more than coding.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 5, 2016

Student-run nonprofit urges focus on modeling in high school math

The Association of Computation and Mathematical Modeling, founded two years ago by students in California’s Cupertino High School, is developing a free mathematical modeling curriculum.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 5, 2016

Duncan comes down hard on teacher prep programs

In an open letter to college presidents and education school deans, the former education secretary says grade inflation and a lack of rigor put future students at risk.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 5, 2016

Updated model charter law addresses discipline, school quality

The National Alliance for Public Charter Schools has updated its model law for the first time since 2009, adding elements that speak to recent national debates over charter schools.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 5, 2016

California academy uses badges to reinforce pipeline to college and career

The Del Lago Academy opened in 2013 and has since developed a competency-based assessment approach, Competency X, allowing students to collect badges proving their skills.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 4, 2016

Southwest Indiana district finds success with Transformation Zone

The Evansville Vanderburgh district’s five most struggling schools were once being eyed for state takeover by the Indiana Department of Education.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 4, 2016

E-Rate revamps for less-complicated application

The FCC funding program helps schools prepare their infrastructure for the challenges of 21st century classrooms and their tech.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 4, 2016

Early good intentions of 'zero tolerance' policies now warped

Firm discipline policies got their start during years of rising crime, but critics argue they went too far, with schools now sending kids to the criminal justice system for basic behavioral issues.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 4, 2016

P-TECH reaches Colorado as popular Brooklyn model continues spreading

Longmont's Skyline High School now has a 50-student cohort working toward an associate degree along with their diplomas in the latest technology-focused early college high school.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 4, 2016

Literary fiction here to stay in curriculum

Despite a growing emphasis on analytical texts, educators say there's still a place for imagined works.

By Shalina Chatlani • Oct. 4, 2016

Ed reformers divided on how best to address racial equity

The Movement for Black Lives released a policy platform last month calling for a moratorium on new charter schools, while other advocates for black students see charters as the answer.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 3, 2016

Aggressive recruitment helped California's largest districts avoid teacher shortage

The state’s 25 largest districts filled almost all open teacher positions this year thanks to bonuses, relocation support, salary cap lifts, and national and international recruiting.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 3, 2016

Maryland high schoolers rig mini-cars to help disabled preschoolers

Students in Howard County Public Schools’ allied health and engineering academies customized the battery-powered cars to improve younger peers’ mobility.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 3, 2016

Students shaped teacher PD in California district

Creekside Middle School, east of San Francisco, purchased Chromebooks for classroom use, and students organized a Tech Boost Conference so teachers could better learn how to use them.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 3, 2016

For schools to embrace ed tech, infrastructure must be ready

The 2016 Horizon Report highlights online learning and virtual reality among key education trends for the next five years, meaning schools will need to prepare with bandwidth.

By Tara García Mathewson • Oct. 3, 2016

For special needs students, focus on SEL critical

Interventions that would benefit all students are particularly necessary to promote the academic success of special needs students, experts say.

By Autumn A. Arnett • Oct. 1, 2016

For-profit woes and 1:1 deployments: The week's most-read education news

Stay ahead of the class with the latest on Elon University's 'visual experiential transcript' and more here!

By Roger Riddell • Sept. 30, 2016

DC Public Schools notches record-high graduation rates

A full 69% of the district's seniors in the class of 2016 graduated on time, a 5% increase from the prior year and just six points shy of a 2017 goal set by the chancellor.

By Tara García Mathewson • Sept. 30, 2016